Coaches of the Miami Dolphins asked Richie Incognito to toughen up Jonathan Martin last spring after the second-year offensive lineman missed a voluntary workout last spring, according to multiple sources.

Incognito is now believed to have taken those order too far.

"I'm just trying to weather the storm right now. This will pass," Incognito told WSVN-TV when reached outside a doctor's office.

Incognito is accused of bullying Martin with racially incendiary language.

Incognito was encouraged by his coaches to make a call that would "get him into the fold," one source said.